944 turbo brakes with chrome turbo twists

[mccarthy500]

Hello everyone I’m New to the forum. I’ve never done a brake conversion before. I bought a 72 super beetle as my first car about 3 years ago and until then I had never worked on a car in my life. Since then I have rebuilt the 1600 dp engine myself (I had to read like 5 books to do it!!!) replaced the tranny myself. Re-did the wiring. Put one-piece windows. And a million other little things. All the work done by myself. Well I just bought a set of four staggered chrome Porsche turbo twist wheels with new Sumitomo tires.

Fronts- are17X7 WITH 205-50ZR-17 HTR 50Z SUMITOMO TIRES
Rears- are17X9 WITH 255-40ZR-17 HTR 40Z SUMITOMO TIRES

I’m going to redo my whole front and rear suspension. I want adjustable coilovers in the front (Topline Maxx strut style) I also want Porsche 944 turbo calipers (they look so cool) with vented rotors. The problem is I don’t have a clue as to how I would do this. I currently have the stock drums all the way around.

My question is how would I go about putting these wheels with Porsche 944 turbo calipers on my car. Would I have to do anything to my suspension? Would I need wider fenders? What parts would I need to buy?


SO Shiny


I put the whells in front of my current rims to see how they would look





i really like the look of the 944 brembo calipers
please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wrenchnride247]

You are headed in the right direction McCarthy (with GL)! I would suggest doing a search on here in "brakes" section on 944, Brembo, or turbo caliper. This is a very good site for info like that. Also, check out www.vdubengineering.com for some very helpful info (shameless plug Lanner). The guy who run's the shop is Lanner (AKA flat on forums). He has a spot in the vendor section on here. I personally have brembo's... if you have to rebuild'em $$$$$$$$, but it's your life, and the live's of other's on the road. So, make sure you can STOP, before you can GO!

[mccarthy500]

will 17x9 inch tires fit in the back without suspention modifications?

[64bug]

Hey nice brakes you posted... look familiar ......